RESEARCH FRONTIERS IN PAVEMENT PRESERVATION

The surface characteristics of pavements contribute to good functional performance. These characteristics are gaining in significance with the shift of focus from new construction and major rehabilitation to pavement preservation. Functional performance is determined by how well the pavement serves the user. Until now, riding comfort--a concept developed in 1957--had been the dominant concern. Today the greater need is to improve other important functional surface characteristics of pavements. The new pavement preservation technologies may enable researchers to develop guidelines for the functional surface characteristics of pavements that maintain ride comfort but also contribute to reductions in fatalities and injuries, as well as in highway noise.

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• Authors:
  • Larson, R M
  • Scofield, L
  • SORENSON, J B
• Publication Date: 2003-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 22-25
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 228
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Comfort; Highway safety; Pavement maintenance; Pavement performance; Ride quality; Roughness; Smoothness; Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Traffic noise
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement preservation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00965522
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 13 2003 12:00AM